{"id":13133,"date":"2025-01-29T06:28:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13133"},"modified":"2025-01-29T06:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:28:25","slug":"will-samson-or-derek-lunsford-take-the-2025-arnold-classics-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13133","title":{"rendered":"Will Samson or Derek Lunsford take the 2025 Arnold Classics Title?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Just a few weeks out from one of bodybuilding\u2019s biggest annual shows, the guests joining Dennis James on \u201cThe Menace Podcast\u201d have cast their votes on who will place in the top 6 \u2014 and a clear favorite is emerging.<\/p>\n<p>James, who has competed in an astonishing 11 Mr. Olympia contests was joined by Milos Sarcev, Chris Cormier, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JgvloXE57B8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British bodybuilder \u201cThe Big Dea\u201d on Jan. 24, 2025 (Episode 216)<\/a> as they covered a range of bodybuilding\u2019s latest developments. Top of the list was the panels evolving picks for who will walk out of the Arnold Classic 2025 with the winner\u2019s trophy, and a cool half-a-million dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how the actual placings panned out last year:<\/p>\n<h3>Arnold Classic 2024 results<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1) Hadi Choopan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2) Samson Dauda<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>3) Rafael Brandao<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4) Jonathan Delerosa<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>5) James Hollingshead<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>6) Akim Williams<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And these were the panel\u2019s latest picks for this year:<\/p>\n<h3>Chris Cormier\u2019s Arnold Classic 2025 picks<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1) Derek Lunsford<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2) Samson Dauda<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>3) Andrew Jacked<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4) Shaun Clarida<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>5) Carlos Thomas Jr<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>6) Brandon Curry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Milos Sarcev\u2019s Arnold Classic 2025 picks<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1) Samson Dauda<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2) Andrew Jacked<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>3) Derek Lunsford<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4) Shaun Clarida<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>5) Brandon Curry<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>6) William Bonac<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Big Dea\u2019s Arnold 2025 picks<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1) Samson Dauda<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2) Andrew Jacked<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>3) Derek Lunsford<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4) Carlos Thomas Jr<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>5) Shaun Clarida<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>6) Brandon Curry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dennis James Arnold 2025 picks<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1) Samson Dauda<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2) Andrew Jacked<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>3) Derek Lunsford<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4) Brandon Curry<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>5) Shaun Clarida<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>6) Carlos Thomas Jr or William Bonac<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With three out of the four votes placing him first at the Arnold 2025, Samson Dauda has unsurprisingly emerged as the clear favorite. \u201cSamson is coming off the Olympia, I think he\u2019s on a role,\u201d explains James of his choice. \u201cI think he will do what Mr Olympia is supposed to do. Come back and win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The guys also predicted big things for Andrew Jacked after a disappointing Olympia appearance last year, and a potential surprise from Brandon Curry who is looking huge right now, but James feared that there may be \u201ctoo many cooks\u201d in Derek Lunsford camp as of late, so it will be interesting to see which version of himself arrives in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JgvloXE57B8&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To stream the full episode click here!\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Arnold Classic 2025 is part of the Arnold Sports Festival that runs from Feb 27 to March 2, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnoldsports.com\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For tickets click here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/will-samson-or-derek-lunsford-take-the-2025-arnold-classics-title\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few weeks out from one of bodybuilding\u2019s biggest annual shows, the guests joining Dennis James on \u201cThe Menace Podcast\u201d have cast their votes on who will place in the top 6 \u2014 and a clear favorite is emerging. 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